Woke up really late today... Like 2 PM. I just couldn't get out of bed! I've worked a 9 to 5, but I'm clearly not doing that right now. Hopefully I'll only have to do it again for a limited time anyways. I can say stuff like this in the year 2016, maybe in the 90s it was rare, but in 2016 it's not entirely rare.
ANYWAYS. I'm going to watch a cartoon and eat my breakfast (watermelon + bread and homemade hummus + water) I might grab some more food...
And then after I eat I'd like to "trade-in" my 20 minutes of cartoon time with 2 hours of study time again. That was awesome! I know it's not that much but a little will add up to a lot. Can you imagine I did this 5 times a day. That's 10 hours of study time a day. and then 70 hours a week assuming I got to do it every week. Then by the time I write the CFE I'll have like (70*4)*3= 840 hours of study time under my belt. I'd be a powerful force to reckon with!
First though. Let's try our 2nd trade in. Cya!
Yuck, my watermelon was nearly half rotten. Homemade hummus and 12 grain bread was the bomb! I also make bread so in some downtime I may actually make some more! I even bought the flour so why not. I'm eating my Vector now. My show is over.
Any pass CFE lessons from the show? Yeah, don't be overly cocky, it causes problems where you underestimate your problems/opponents. One of my friends has been using Densmore to pass the CFE. I'm aware of the PASS system. And I have access to PrepFormula, so I might get on that! Okay I'm done my bowl of Vector, I'm also feeling very awake. I want to buy Coconut oil for oil pulling at wal-mart. I think it'll be useful. But I'll be brushing first. Gonna go study for at least 2 hours. CIAO!
Damn... Something came up that was not related to studying
so I didn't get my 2 hours in :( ... It's okay in retrospect because I
might make $360 cash for the time I spent not studying. Which will be
spent on paying back the loan I incurred through buying the CFE exam
lol. Okay so not entirely bad. BUT I DO WANNA STUDY. RRRRAWR! Let's go
back at it again. Going to take a break though. Cuz breaks aren't bad,
they're actually pretty sweet. Also my show that I like to watch, I
downloaded the entire show!!! in high quality!!! So now no more dumb
commercials before I watch it or pop ups. >Insert KC & The
Sunshine Band music here< : "That's the way uh-huh uh-huh, I LIIIKE
IT. uh-huh uh-huh. That's the way uh-huh uh-huh I like ittt den den, den
den, den." https://youtu.be/AnBtCKRUUV8
Damnit... I never got to study!!! Well not exactly... I did work on more Capstone 1 stuff. because our project was in need of it. On the bright side I learned how financing requirements work at the end of an analysis. I spent a large amount of time understanding how you gotta basically find the After Tax Operating Cash Flow (ATOCF) from each subsidiary +/- any other cash flows to get net cash flows for the year. From there you have to talk about how much of a bank loan you can get, the cash available on your balance sheet. And then state whether there is an excess or shortage of cash available for your project (I've been saying your but what I mean is the company you're doing this for).So yeah. I basically learned a good NPV analysis. Thanks to one of my friends from class!
Monday, 13 June 2016
Sunday, 12 June 2016
June 12, 2016
Today, I spent a few hours working with my capstone 1 group. We like to be a week ahead, and we fortunately reached our goal this week! Everything's done. However, we need to ensure all of our work is reliable, and valid.
When I got back home, I started preparing my homemade hummus, and then I waited for my student, who I tutor, to arrive.
I gave him some advice that I plan on following myself:
Okay, so the time is 11:25 PM. I'm going to call it a day and ROCK THE HELL OUT of tomorrow! I'm super tired since I barely slept last night. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Say no more, say no more. Nawwww, it wasn't that long ahahah, but it was good! I'm talking about watching my favorite cartoon. What were you thinking about?
When I got back home, I started preparing my homemade hummus, and then I waited for my student, who I tutor, to arrive.
I gave him some advice that I plan on following myself:
- You have to be willing to do the work that no one wants to do.
- And you have to learn how to make work that isn't fun, fun!
Okay, so the time is 11:25 PM. I'm going to call it a day and ROCK THE HELL OUT of tomorrow! I'm super tired since I barely slept last night. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Say no more, say no more. Nawwww, it wasn't that long ahahah, but it was good! I'm talking about watching my favorite cartoon. What were you thinking about?
Saturday, 11 June 2016
June 11, 2016
Okay, so I have to finish my part of my team's capstone 1 analysis.
We're basically done a rough draft of what we're ready to hand in. But we need to check, check, and check it up just to refine it.
I didn't get a chance to finish that summary of points that CFE gold medalists, so I'll do that afterwards.
I've begun to understand that motivation is VERY important.
It's like the ingredients of a recipe. I think I'm going to start my day's with what's motivating me. I think we as individuals forget to ask ourselves the purpose of our journey either before, or during the process of preparation.
I watched a scene from my recent favorite anime, Slam Dunk, where there are three team members from a certain club are sitting down inside a subway train talking about how they're fine with their performance, because they're trying their best to win. All of a sudden, a member of the basketball club walks up to them, and shows them a notebook he was writing in while he was travelling, and says "How can you say you're trying your best, when you've just been sitting!"
I like the level of determination in that basketball club member, and I'm going to try and emulate it! Taking breaks is great. And it's probably essential. But the CFE will be tough. And unless I can truly say I've tried my best, I won't feel good about writing it.
The CFE is 3 months away. So I hope I can make ample use of my time. The competition is stiff, and I'll need to if not crush, at least match it.
More on the show I'm watching: In the middle of the 2nd half of a basketball game, one of the players on bench says: "Wooow, that guy has an amazing talent for shooting". You can hear the coach thinking: "Talent? He had nothing when he first started. I didn't think he was good at all. But he practiced a lot. He practiced three pointers 500 times a day. A good shooter is made through extensive practicing" blah blah blah. You get the point! You need to practice a lot to create a consistent skill!
Wow. Even after trying so hard, the team lost.I sound like I'm digressing here. But a game is a game. You can try your best and not make it. I've said it before and I'll say it again. You've gotta prepare under super hard circumstances. That way you'll CRUSH your goals instead of barely meeting them. If you want a better idea of what I'm talking about, watch this (You don't have to watch the whole thing, but read what I wrote below it):
Samuri Jack- Jack Learn to jump good from Ben Riegle on Vimeo.
This is a prime example of training hard to crush your goals. At 2:37, Jack can't jump into the portal that Aku is holding. He meets some tribe people that can "jump good" and he does some intense training (13:30) where he wears a giant stone on his back and practices jumping. 21:34 - Aku is shocked that Jack can reach his goal. This is exactly what I think a CFE writer will have to do. Train hard (and smart!) that passing is expected!
Just enjoyed a bowl of All-Bran cereal + Grinded almonds & walnuts + raisins + water (I don't drink milk; it's for cow babies). Then while I ate my cereal I watched some eye-opening real life anime. This episode focused on how the main character made a stupid mistake during a game; he passed the ball to the opposing team. The main character was overly depressed about his mistake. It sounds odd, but in the long-run, it's actually very important to overlook mistakes. If you don't do that, you could lose a lot of time that would've been used for productive behavior. ANYWAYS haha eating good food and watching a cartoon gives me the feeling that I've enjoyed myself. I'll now trade in that enjoyment time for some learning time! I spent roughly 30 minutes. So If I can study for 1 to 2 hours. I've transformed my fun time into work time 2 to 4 fold!
BRB!!! Gonna study for a while!
SWEEEEEEET This actually works! I ended up studying for 2 hours and a half. It was mostly work on my Capstone 1 project, but technically that's day 1 of the CFE so no harm done. Having a blog is great! :) It's nothing new I'm doing here (I've read the blogs of CMA's before), but actually typing out what your goal is can really help sometimes. It gives you a good form of commitment. And talking it out, and starting a blog keeps you focused on your goal!
Okay, so I ended up eating a lot of vector cereal today. I'm trying to stay away from random meat I find in my fridge. Although Vector is mostly carbs, it's delicious! And there's still 1/6th of protein inside... I should brush my teeth, since carbs = sugar. I'll do that soon. I have the person I'm tutoring coming in tomorrow. And my love will be here in an hour. It's hard to say I'm trying my best. So I might actually study when she gets here.
We're basically done a rough draft of what we're ready to hand in. But we need to check, check, and check it up just to refine it.
I didn't get a chance to finish that summary of points that CFE gold medalists, so I'll do that afterwards.
I've begun to understand that motivation is VERY important.
It's like the ingredients of a recipe. I think I'm going to start my day's with what's motivating me. I think we as individuals forget to ask ourselves the purpose of our journey either before, or during the process of preparation.
I watched a scene from my recent favorite anime, Slam Dunk, where there are three team members from a certain club are sitting down inside a subway train talking about how they're fine with their performance, because they're trying their best to win. All of a sudden, a member of the basketball club walks up to them, and shows them a notebook he was writing in while he was travelling, and says "How can you say you're trying your best, when you've just been sitting!"
I like the level of determination in that basketball club member, and I'm going to try and emulate it! Taking breaks is great. And it's probably essential. But the CFE will be tough. And unless I can truly say I've tried my best, I won't feel good about writing it.
The CFE is 3 months away. So I hope I can make ample use of my time. The competition is stiff, and I'll need to if not crush, at least match it.
More on the show I'm watching: In the middle of the 2nd half of a basketball game, one of the players on bench says: "Wooow, that guy has an amazing talent for shooting". You can hear the coach thinking: "Talent? He had nothing when he first started. I didn't think he was good at all. But he practiced a lot. He practiced three pointers 500 times a day. A good shooter is made through extensive practicing" blah blah blah. You get the point! You need to practice a lot to create a consistent skill!
Wow. Even after trying so hard, the team lost.I sound like I'm digressing here. But a game is a game. You can try your best and not make it. I've said it before and I'll say it again. You've gotta prepare under super hard circumstances. That way you'll CRUSH your goals instead of barely meeting them. If you want a better idea of what I'm talking about, watch this (You don't have to watch the whole thing, but read what I wrote below it):
Samuri Jack- Jack Learn to jump good from Ben Riegle on Vimeo.
This is a prime example of training hard to crush your goals. At 2:37, Jack can't jump into the portal that Aku is holding. He meets some tribe people that can "jump good" and he does some intense training (13:30) where he wears a giant stone on his back and practices jumping. 21:34 - Aku is shocked that Jack can reach his goal. This is exactly what I think a CFE writer will have to do. Train hard (and smart!) that passing is expected!
Just enjoyed a bowl of All-Bran cereal + Grinded almonds & walnuts + raisins + water (I don't drink milk; it's for cow babies). Then while I ate my cereal I watched some eye-opening real life anime. This episode focused on how the main character made a stupid mistake during a game; he passed the ball to the opposing team. The main character was overly depressed about his mistake. It sounds odd, but in the long-run, it's actually very important to overlook mistakes. If you don't do that, you could lose a lot of time that would've been used for productive behavior. ANYWAYS haha eating good food and watching a cartoon gives me the feeling that I've enjoyed myself. I'll now trade in that enjoyment time for some learning time! I spent roughly 30 minutes. So If I can study for 1 to 2 hours. I've transformed my fun time into work time 2 to 4 fold!
BRB!!! Gonna study for a while!
SWEEEEEEET This actually works! I ended up studying for 2 hours and a half. It was mostly work on my Capstone 1 project, but technically that's day 1 of the CFE so no harm done. Having a blog is great! :) It's nothing new I'm doing here (I've read the blogs of CMA's before), but actually typing out what your goal is can really help sometimes. It gives you a good form of commitment. And talking it out, and starting a blog keeps you focused on your goal!
Okay, so I ended up eating a lot of vector cereal today. I'm trying to stay away from random meat I find in my fridge. Although Vector is mostly carbs, it's delicious! And there's still 1/6th of protein inside... I should brush my teeth, since carbs = sugar. I'll do that soon. I have the person I'm tutoring coming in tomorrow. And my love will be here in an hour. It's hard to say I'm trying my best. So I might actually study when she gets here.
Friday, 10 June 2016
June 10, 2016
Burning Communication tools.
I'm planning on deactivating my facebook, as soon as I do some significant work for our analysis.
I've turned off my phone. Okay, so I ended up turning it back on lol I'm going to sell my other phone to pay off some debt incurred by purchasing the CFE exam and capstone 2 course. Jeez. SO expensive.
Also I won't be tutoring that kid anymore. I'll let his mom know, I've become too busy to do that. And I will start developing the best habits possible. Okay, so I ended up not doing this either. haha.
But If I feel I need to, I know exactly how. To get rid of a phone, you either whip it as far as you can (Yes, I've done this before, and yes it works quite well haha). Or if it's an expensive phone, you sell it on Kijiji/Craigslist. And the kid I'm tutoring is studying Intro to accounting, so it's all review for me. Furthermore, I'm getting paid to do it! So I can use the active business income I get to buy food for studying the rest of the week!!! It's only an hour. Jeez, I'm lazy haha. ANYWAYS:
Let's talk about best habits possible. Here's some random useful knowledge I found on another CFE blog about CFE Gold medalist Erin Compeau:
- be confident in your approach
- Don't get discouraged by your results from practice cases.
- build a good response structure
- do light reviews before you study seriously
- somehow join a study program (e.g. Deloitte has a study program). The study program should include weekly in-class sessions, other resources such as flash cards, case debrief material and practice exam marking. Unofficial consulting groups have study programs where you have to pay. I guess this would be the easier route to go. Or possibly make your own!
- use your study notes from school to prepare for the CFE
- Buy & Read the CFE/UFE Tax Guide by Jason Fleming
- Study in a small group (e.g. 2-3) Why? Because you can use the group to share concerns and receive possibly multiple peer feedback on cases you write.
- Take days off to break. (I believe in taking breaks too, but breaks that are more controllable, for example, watching anime. I'm a big fan of it. But I can stop watching pretty much anytime I want. If you take a break with a person, it's a lot less controllable, and so you can lose track of time and spend hours when you wanted to spend only minutes.)
- Pace yourself. It's a 3 day exam. So you'll want to build a skillset that can work in those conditions. One example could be: studying 3 days at a time in the same format.
- Focus on strengthening your weaknesses as you debrief your own cases.
- Understand the reason for making mistakes on a case during debrief.
- Always think of how you can improve even on parts you do well on.
More on best habits possible, here's some random useful knowledge I found on another CFE blog about CFE Gold medalist Caleb Hagemeister:
- Give yourself at least 1 month of study time in 1 location from 8 AM to 4 PM on weekdays.
- Do a Case starting from 8 AM and try to finish at around 10 AM then take a 15 minute break. Start another Case and try to finish around 2 PM.
- Give yourself a 30 minute time limit for lunch.
- Take 2 days of the weekend to do whatever you want.
- Do some very minimal 3-day review a day or more before the day of the Exam.
- Write cases until you're done! starting from 8 AM. Break for 15 minutes when you're done.
- Write cases in securexam Exam conditions!!!
- Keep detailed notes on how you assess yourself on the indicators in each case (basically what you need to do to improve).
- If you make a mistake, don't be sad, learn from it, and be glad/better!!!
- Have mentors either within your firm or just any accountants who are willing to help you out. <-- I MIGHT have one mentor from PrepFormula, other than that I need to get on this.
- Accomplish learning case after case!
- Take a CFE Prep course!!! If your firm offers one: GREAT! If not, find one (e.g. Densmore, PrepFormula, PASS, etc.)
- Purchase the books from Densmore
- Remember these Acronyms:
IGAR - Issue, GAAP, Analysis, Recommendation
ITAR - Issue, Tax Act Reference, Analysis, Recommendation;
RAMP - Risk, Approach, Materiality, Procedures
WIR - Weakness, Implication, Recommendation
RASP – Risk, Assertion, Specific Risk Area and Procedure
Why though? LOL - Laugh out loud. The above doesn't tell me sh!t. Let's explain why this CFE gold medalist recommended to remember these acronyms:
IGAR & ITAR - They're how you analyze any accounting and tax issues you find in a case. You'll state the issue, the related framework (ASPE or IFRS) or if it's a tax issue ITA reference, and then you'll analyze the issue by relating each criteria of ASPE/IFRS/ITA to case specific facts, then the Recommendation should be clear at which point you give a recommendation.
RAMP - Check out >> this post << in this blog which explains RAMP for you! I didn't write it, but I did get it and it's rare, so gimme a thanks you nincompoops!
WIR - Is another approach to analyzing IT weaknesses, c, control environment, and/or ethical Issues. W stands for Weakness (Why is it a weakness? Don't restate case facts. What is the problem? I stands for Implications (What is the impact to various users, What could or has happened? Any revenues, income, community, contribution from donors? Quantify any financial impact.)R stands for Recommendation (How to resolve the weakness? Ensure weakness and implications will be resolved. Link recommendations to users and their needs.).
RASP - Is how you decide which procedures to employ as an auditor, You start with the Risk area, assertion it affects, You state specifically which risk area that assertion affects, and then you explain what needs to be tested and what procedure will do the testing.
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It hit me tonight as I was on the phone with the girl I'm dating. This girl is continually pushing to take up some of my time. I can't surround myself with people that want to push and take my time. I CANNOT AFFORD IT! If you're going to do any of these CPA courses. I already learned that I can only pass them if I put not only one step forward but every last inch of my body, soul and mind!
So I'm changing my phone number... Call it drastic if you like, but drastic times call for drastic measures. I feel sorry for anyone who mistakenly underestimates the CFE. Have fun wasting another couple thousand dollars on taking the exam. Even if I did fail after trying my hardest, it might be easier the 2nd time around if I tried my hardest the first time around.
I dunno, does this sound tough to you?
1 case that will test you on your enabling competencies.
1 case that will test you both on assurance and accounting.
multiple cases that will test you on all core and elective areas.
If this sounds easy for you. I'm happy for you. But if you think that sounds remotely hard. Then prepare for the worst. Everything I've watched, learned, and applied has shown me to train hard and then afterwards the work you've been training will be easier! A part of training hard is having a focused training session and that doesn't include calls from your lover, friends, or updates from random people. So yeah... I'm going underground for a while. It may be lonely, but I'll get through it. I will follow a system of best practices, and I will come out like steel!
I'm planning on deactivating my facebook, as soon as I do some significant work for our analysis.
I've turned off my phone. Okay, so I ended up turning it back on lol I'm going to sell my other phone to pay off some debt incurred by purchasing the CFE exam and capstone 2 course. Jeez. SO expensive.
Also I won't be tutoring that kid anymore. I'll let his mom know, I've become too busy to do that. And I will start developing the best habits possible. Okay, so I ended up not doing this either. haha.
But If I feel I need to, I know exactly how. To get rid of a phone, you either whip it as far as you can (Yes, I've done this before, and yes it works quite well haha). Or if it's an expensive phone, you sell it on Kijiji/Craigslist. And the kid I'm tutoring is studying Intro to accounting, so it's all review for me. Furthermore, I'm getting paid to do it! So I can use the active business income I get to buy food for studying the rest of the week!!! It's only an hour. Jeez, I'm lazy haha. ANYWAYS:
Let's talk about best habits possible. Here's some random useful knowledge I found on another CFE blog about CFE Gold medalist Erin Compeau:
- be confident in your approach
- Don't get discouraged by your results from practice cases.
- build a good response structure
- do light reviews before you study seriously
- somehow join a study program (e.g. Deloitte has a study program). The study program should include weekly in-class sessions, other resources such as flash cards, case debrief material and practice exam marking. Unofficial consulting groups have study programs where you have to pay. I guess this would be the easier route to go. Or possibly make your own!
- use your study notes from school to prepare for the CFE
- Buy & Read the CFE/UFE Tax Guide by Jason Fleming
- Study in a small group (e.g. 2-3) Why? Because you can use the group to share concerns and receive possibly multiple peer feedback on cases you write.
- Take days off to break. (I believe in taking breaks too, but breaks that are more controllable, for example, watching anime. I'm a big fan of it. But I can stop watching pretty much anytime I want. If you take a break with a person, it's a lot less controllable, and so you can lose track of time and spend hours when you wanted to spend only minutes.)
- Pace yourself. It's a 3 day exam. So you'll want to build a skillset that can work in those conditions. One example could be: studying 3 days at a time in the same format.
- Focus on strengthening your weaknesses as you debrief your own cases.
- Understand the reason for making mistakes on a case during debrief.
- Always think of how you can improve even on parts you do well on.
More on best habits possible, here's some random useful knowledge I found on another CFE blog about CFE Gold medalist Caleb Hagemeister:
- Give yourself at least 1 month of study time in 1 location from 8 AM to 4 PM on weekdays.
- Do a Case starting from 8 AM and try to finish at around 10 AM then take a 15 minute break. Start another Case and try to finish around 2 PM.
- Give yourself a 30 minute time limit for lunch.
- Take 2 days of the weekend to do whatever you want.
- Do some very minimal 3-day review a day or more before the day of the Exam.
- Write cases until you're done! starting from 8 AM. Break for 15 minutes when you're done.
- Write cases in securexam Exam conditions!!!
- Keep detailed notes on how you assess yourself on the indicators in each case (basically what you need to do to improve).
- If you make a mistake, don't be sad, learn from it, and be glad/better!!!
- Have mentors either within your firm or just any accountants who are willing to help you out. <-- I MIGHT have one mentor from PrepFormula, other than that I need to get on this.
- Accomplish learning case after case!
- Take a CFE Prep course!!! If your firm offers one: GREAT! If not, find one (e.g. Densmore, PrepFormula, PASS, etc.)
- Purchase the books from Densmore
- Remember these Acronyms:
IGAR - Issue, GAAP, Analysis, Recommendation
ITAR - Issue, Tax Act Reference, Analysis, Recommendation;
RAMP - Risk, Approach, Materiality, Procedures
WIR - Weakness, Implication, Recommendation
RASP – Risk, Assertion, Specific Risk Area and Procedure
Why though? LOL - Laugh out loud. The above doesn't tell me sh!t. Let's explain why this CFE gold medalist recommended to remember these acronyms:
IGAR & ITAR - They're how you analyze any accounting and tax issues you find in a case. You'll state the issue, the related framework (ASPE or IFRS) or if it's a tax issue ITA reference, and then you'll analyze the issue by relating each criteria of ASPE/IFRS/ITA to case specific facts, then the Recommendation should be clear at which point you give a recommendation.
RAMP - Check out >> this post << in this blog which explains RAMP for you! I didn't write it, but I did get it and it's rare, so gimme a thanks you nincompoops!
WIR - Is another approach to analyzing IT weaknesses, c, control environment, and/or ethical Issues. W stands for Weakness (Why is it a weakness? Don't restate case facts. What is the problem? I stands for Implications (What is the impact to various users, What could or has happened? Any revenues, income, community, contribution from donors? Quantify any financial impact.)R stands for Recommendation (How to resolve the weakness? Ensure weakness and implications will be resolved. Link recommendations to users and their needs.).
RASP - Is how you decide which procedures to employ as an auditor, You start with the Risk area, assertion it affects, You state specifically which risk area that assertion affects, and then you explain what needs to be tested and what procedure will do the testing.
//*********************************************************
It hit me tonight as I was on the phone with the girl I'm dating. This girl is continually pushing to take up some of my time. I can't surround myself with people that want to push and take my time. I CANNOT AFFORD IT! If you're going to do any of these CPA courses. I already learned that I can only pass them if I put not only one step forward but every last inch of my body, soul and mind!
So I'm changing my phone number... Call it drastic if you like, but drastic times call for drastic measures. I feel sorry for anyone who mistakenly underestimates the CFE. Have fun wasting another couple thousand dollars on taking the exam. Even if I did fail after trying my hardest, it might be easier the 2nd time around if I tried my hardest the first time around.
I dunno, does this sound tough to you?
1 case that will test you on your enabling competencies.
1 case that will test you both on assurance and accounting.
multiple cases that will test you on all core and elective areas.
If this sounds easy for you. I'm happy for you. But if you think that sounds remotely hard. Then prepare for the worst. Everything I've watched, learned, and applied has shown me to train hard and then afterwards the work you've been training will be easier! A part of training hard is having a focused training session and that doesn't include calls from your lover, friends, or updates from random people. So yeah... I'm going underground for a while. It may be lonely, but I'll get through it. I will follow a system of best practices, and I will come out like steel!
Saturday, 4 June 2016
June 4, 2016
Call me HCD (Hyper Cognitive Dissonance).
Reason: Don't feel like working? Team needs you to do step up? Too tired for that? Not HCD. He has no fear of experiencing not only cognitive dissonance but HYPER cognitive dissonance.
Okay all weirdness aside, it basically means: when you get the feeling that you have to do work, and you do nothing, then you're happy. :) But if you get the feeling and you have to do work, and you get up and watch a tv show or play a game, and THEN you work then you get to experience cognitive dissonance (assuming ur work actually sucks haha). BUT imagine feeling that you have to do work and instead of fooling around before you do some work, you go straight to work and give 100% of all the efforts of all the atoms in ur body... That's HCD. :) Enjoy!
Reason: Don't feel like working? Team needs you to do step up? Too tired for that? Not HCD. He has no fear of experiencing not only cognitive dissonance but HYPER cognitive dissonance.
Okay all weirdness aside, it basically means: when you get the feeling that you have to do work, and you do nothing, then you're happy. :) But if you get the feeling and you have to do work, and you get up and watch a tv show or play a game, and THEN you work then you get to experience cognitive dissonance (assuming ur work actually sucks haha). BUT imagine feeling that you have to do work and instead of fooling around before you do some work, you go straight to work and give 100% of all the efforts of all the atoms in ur body... That's HCD. :) Enjoy!
Friday, 3 June 2016
June 3, 2016
Watched a really good motivational video.
I think the best parts of it were the following:
1:08, 1:24, 1:47to1:53, 2:07, 3:25, (so basically the whole thing up to 5:30 everything after that I don't care.)
I think one of the best pieces of advice I've ever given was in my post yesterday.
I'm writing down right now... I'm going to get 10 hours of studying done today. Let's smash some records.
I think the best parts of it were the following:
1:08, 1:24, 1:47to1:53, 2:07, 3:25, (so basically the whole thing up to 5:30 everything after that I don't care.)
I think one of the best pieces of advice I've ever given was in my post yesterday.
I'm writing down right now... I'm going to get 10 hours of studying done today. Let's smash some records.
Thursday, 2 June 2016
June 2, 2016
*Inner mentality*
If you're making slow progress towards your goals, it means you don't have enough meaning/motivation pushing you to make progress. Motive = A reason for doing something.
And WELL before you can think of what your motives are, you need to look at your personality.
Here's an exercise that really helped motivate me:
I looked through an old family album,
I noticed my family was able to have gatherings. My siblings were able to take time out of their lives to practice instruments. I noticed my parents had time to take me and my siblings places. I noticed I was able to live in a nice house for the majority of my lifetime, and we had spare time to spend carefree moments with my family. I noticed a picture where my family, extended family, and family friends went to a park. I realized I had went to that park 8 years ago. And my new goal is to take my new family there in the future :). I noticed a picture of my dog, who I loved to play with. However because he didn't have the title my dog, I never took better care of him, and he ended up dying. I generally don't support the idea off labels, because a negative label can be destructive to people. However a label can be a medium for love. For example, when you meet someone, and you like them so much and you ask them to be your girlfriend.
So, the lesson is: Let your multiple motivations move you.
I also have a technique called sycthe, and I thought of the factors that I want to excel at more than anyone else:
- study time
- calmness
- number of techniques
- best efforts and a flowing study pattern.
Just some of my recent thoughts.
Another question I have to ask you, the reader/candidate, when's the last time you shattered your best records? Everyone has a balance they keep themselves to. For example, If I'm studying hard, I generally reach 2 hours and then I take a break. Breaks are all good and dandy. But I'll ask myself (since I'm not really a preacher, and I try not to be a hypocrite): When's the last time I shattered my best study record? The question is mainly an absolute question, because I would assume most people reach their best once. So it should be a long time since you've shattered your best record. For myself I think it was during my bachelors degree program. I think I sat down in 64 positions back-to-back. And I haven't really reached that high for a while. It's good to talk it out. Start a blog people! :)
Alright. OH and here is some more of my wisdom/thoughts.
Here's a bit about me. And then why it's relevant to passing the CFE. As weird as it sounds I think it's important.
I'm generally anal about my teeth. I don't have dental insurance, so I always take really good care to brush my teeth. However recently, I've been slacking which is gross I know. But sometimes when you feel like you're able to, you take advantage of that slack and try to enjoy it. I didn't brush my teeth for like 2 days, because of this: cognitive dissonance. My mind does not want to start flossing or brushing or continue (I sometimes floss and fall asleep before I can brush). I really don't like brushing my teeth or bathing for that matter. But nobody really likes these tasks, they're sort of there because we have to. ANYWAYS the point is: Any negative feeling I have towards these repetitive tasks is cognitive dissonance.
But based on my motivations, and even my own admirations, I want to transform this weakness of mine.
I also love watching breakdancers. I've actually been breakdancing since the year 2000, so 16 years now. I digress. The point is I love watching breakdancers. And one thing about the best ones (in my and I would assume most people's opinion) is that they're extreme. They're either extremely strong, extremely flexible, extremely light, the key word is extreme. If real-life had super heroes; I think a breakdancer is very much similar to that.
And now the linkage, if I want to not only start but continue and push and push, you've got to embrace cognitive dissonance to an extreme level.
I'm going to study right now. But I don't want to actually do that. In fact, I'm going to study so hard, maybe I really won't want to continue studying. Okay, I might enjoy it a bit. But I'm pretty damn sure I'd much rather take a break, and watch something I like (e.g. Prince of Tennis (I'm also a big fan of anime)).
If you're making slow progress towards your goals, it means you don't have enough meaning/motivation pushing you to make progress. Motive = A reason for doing something.
And WELL before you can think of what your motives are, you need to look at your personality.
Here's an exercise that really helped motivate me:
I looked through an old family album,
I noticed my family was able to have gatherings. My siblings were able to take time out of their lives to practice instruments. I noticed my parents had time to take me and my siblings places. I noticed I was able to live in a nice house for the majority of my lifetime, and we had spare time to spend carefree moments with my family. I noticed a picture where my family, extended family, and family friends went to a park. I realized I had went to that park 8 years ago. And my new goal is to take my new family there in the future :). I noticed a picture of my dog, who I loved to play with. However because he didn't have the title my dog, I never took better care of him, and he ended up dying. I generally don't support the idea off labels, because a negative label can be destructive to people. However a label can be a medium for love. For example, when you meet someone, and you like them so much and you ask them to be your girlfriend.
So, the lesson is: Let your multiple motivations move you.
I also have a technique called sycthe, and I thought of the factors that I want to excel at more than anyone else:
- study time
- calmness
- number of techniques
- best efforts and a flowing study pattern.
Just some of my recent thoughts.
Another question I have to ask you, the reader/candidate, when's the last time you shattered your best records? Everyone has a balance they keep themselves to. For example, If I'm studying hard, I generally reach 2 hours and then I take a break. Breaks are all good and dandy. But I'll ask myself (since I'm not really a preacher, and I try not to be a hypocrite): When's the last time I shattered my best study record? The question is mainly an absolute question, because I would assume most people reach their best once. So it should be a long time since you've shattered your best record. For myself I think it was during my bachelors degree program. I think I sat down in 64 positions back-to-back. And I haven't really reached that high for a while. It's good to talk it out. Start a blog people! :)
Alright. OH and here is some more of my wisdom/thoughts.
Here's a bit about me. And then why it's relevant to passing the CFE. As weird as it sounds I think it's important.
I'm generally anal about my teeth. I don't have dental insurance, so I always take really good care to brush my teeth. However recently, I've been slacking which is gross I know. But sometimes when you feel like you're able to, you take advantage of that slack and try to enjoy it. I didn't brush my teeth for like 2 days, because of this: cognitive dissonance. My mind does not want to start flossing or brushing or continue (I sometimes floss and fall asleep before I can brush). I really don't like brushing my teeth or bathing for that matter. But nobody really likes these tasks, they're sort of there because we have to. ANYWAYS the point is: Any negative feeling I have towards these repetitive tasks is cognitive dissonance.
But based on my motivations, and even my own admirations, I want to transform this weakness of mine.
I also love watching breakdancers. I've actually been breakdancing since the year 2000, so 16 years now. I digress. The point is I love watching breakdancers. And one thing about the best ones (in my and I would assume most people's opinion) is that they're extreme. They're either extremely strong, extremely flexible, extremely light, the key word is extreme. If real-life had super heroes; I think a breakdancer is very much similar to that.
And now the linkage, if I want to not only start but continue and push and push, you've got to embrace cognitive dissonance to an extreme level.
I'm going to study right now. But I don't want to actually do that. In fact, I'm going to study so hard, maybe I really won't want to continue studying. Okay, I might enjoy it a bit. But I'm pretty damn sure I'd much rather take a break, and watch something I like (e.g. Prince of Tennis (I'm also a big fan of anime)).
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